STATE v. BUCHANAN

No. 1291.

94 Ariz. 100 (1963)

381 P.2d 954

The STATE of Arizona, Plaintiff, v. James Wayne BUCHANAN, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Arizona. In Division.

May 22, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Pickrell, Atty. Gen., Jack I. Podret, County Atty. of Pima County and William J. Schafer, III, Deputy County Atty., Tucson, for plaintiff.

Martin H. Schulman, Tucson, for defendant.


STRUCKMEYER, Justice.

This cause was certified to this Court pursuant to Rule 346, Rules of Criminal Procedure, 17 A.R.S., for determination of an important and doubtful question of law.

The facts necessary to answer the question certified are these: The defendant was charged with robbery on February 2, 1962. On March 16, 1962, in a proper civil proceeding, A.R.S. § 36-514 et seq., he was adjudicated mentally ill and incompetent and ordered committed...

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